: a playful or hurried run or movement
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Verb
The kids were scampering around the yard.
A mouse scampered across the floor.
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Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
After the teams traded possessions, Cohasset (11-2) got the ball on its own 48 and needed just three plays as Greene (16 carries, 131 yards) scampered and held his balance for a 42-yard score.
—Brian Roach, Boston Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Dec. 2025
The Broncos' longest play from scrimmage was that 18-yard Prentice scamper.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 9 Dec. 2025
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Verb
In comparison, trackways offer a direct snapshot of an ancient moment in time — in this case, when scores of scampering theropods crisscrossed a shoreline.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
After the teams traded possessions, Cohasset (11-2) got the ball on its own 48 and needed just three plays as Greene (16 carries, 131 yards) scampered and held his balance for a 42-yard score.
—Brian Roach, Boston Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
Noun
Brock finally got back on the board, after Carthage tallied 35 unanswered points, on a Jack Farhat 21-yard TD scamper just under six minutes before the end of the third quarter.
—Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Dec. 2025
The Broncos' longest play from scrimmage was that 18-yard Prentice scamper.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 9 Dec. 2025
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“Scamper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scamper. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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